STATE COLLEGE — High School Boys

Johnstown 70 Central Cambria 47

Quentin Brandon scored

20 points, Dwight Andrews had 18 and Alkwan Williams added 15 to lead Johnstown to a Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference non-section win on Monday night.

Williams had 13 rebounds, Isaiah Haselrig 10 and Andrews, seven. Philip Madson handed Trojans teammates nine assists while Brandon had four assists and three steals.

Zack Vigneault’s 18 points led the Red Devils, who got 15 from Zach Ambrisco.

Bishop McCort 72 Cambria Heights 39

Travis Antolik scored

15 points and Anthony LaRue added 11 to lead Bishop McCort to a win at home.

Ian Vescovi’s 10 points paced the Highlanders.

North Star 58 Shanksville 41

BOSWELL – Jacob Fleegle led all scorers with 25 points as North Star defeated visiting Shanksville-Stonycreek.

Tony Strasiser added

10 rebounds and Corey Bloom dished out five assists for the Cougars.

Carter Slade topped the Vikings with nine points.

Richland 61

Forest Hills 55

Dereck Malzi poured in a game-high 27 points as Richland surprised visiting Forest Hills.

Zack Solarczyk added

14 points for the Rams.

Luke Gallaher paced the Rangers with 16 points while Chris Moss supplied 11.

Penn Cambria 54 Somerset 52

SOMERSET – Penn Cambria outrebounded Somerset 37-24 in a narrow road win.

A.J. Leahey scored a game-high 21 points for the Panthers, who also got 10 points from Devin Lawhead.

Jake Close topped the Golden Eagles with 15 points while Brent Barron added 14 points and Eddie Buck had 10.

Westmont 58

Bishop Carroll 51

Zach Drennen had 16 points and 11 rebounds while Bryant Fisher scored 11 points to lead the Hilltoppers to a home win.

Curt Panick’s 16 points led Bishop Carroll, which got

13 from Marc Maruca.

Berlin 65, Portage 38

BERLIN – Kyle Cooney and Alex Will each scored 13 points to lead host Berlin Brothersvalley to a win over Portage.

Ryan Lynch added 10 points for the Mountaineers while the Mustangs got 15 points from Sean Cronauer.

High School Girls

Blacklick Valley 60 North Star 47

NANTY GLO – A trio of Blacklick Valley players scored in double figures led by Alison Verba with 17 points as the Vikings downed visiting North Star.

Danielle Lesso supplied

12 points and Jami Kish had

11 for the hosts.

Amanda Lohr topped the Cougars with 15 points.

Forest Hills 70 Johnstown 30

SIDMAN – Casey Gallaher scored 16 points to lead Forest Hills to a win over visiting Johnstown.

Julie Marks and Amy Wiesheier had 10 points each for the Rangers, who also got three steals and three assists from Becky Bard.

Tynesha Smith led all scorers with 19 points for the Trojans.

Penn Cambria 61 Harmony 29

CRESSON – Megan Wheeler scored 14 points to lead Penn Cambria. Brianna Mulhern had a dozen points while Brianna Kearney and Kaitlyn Krug scored 10 each for the hosts.

The Owls got 11 points from Makenzie Kruise.

Berlin 53

Shade 26

BERLIN - Erica Craig had

14 points to help lead Berlin to a win over visiting Shade.

Chelsey Pongrac led all scorers with 18 points for the Panthers.

United 33

Saltsburg 32

ARMAGH – Freshman Eden Bloom sank a layup off a give-and-go as time ran out to give United the win.

Bloom finished with

13 points while Julie Snyder contributed 10 for the Lions.

Ligonier 59

Ferndale 28

Kristen Gabelt scored

13 points and Courtney Bridge added 12 as Ligonier Valley belted host Ferndale.

The Yellow Jackets’ Elizabeth Chobany led all scorers with 18, including four 3-pointers.

Richland 49

Cambria Heights 45

PATTON – Katie Gehlmann scored 19 points while teammate Sarah Pfeil added

16 points and 10 rebounds as visiting Richland got by Cambria Heights.

Amanda Short topped the Highlanders with 17 points while Danielle Bodek chipped in 10.

COLLEGE

UPJ women notch victory

The UPJ women broke open a seven-point game with a 15-2 run to start the second half en route to an 82-57 WVIAC victory over Wheeling Jesuit Monday night at the Sports Center.

Andrea Dalton scored 17 points and matched her career high with 15 rebounds to help Pitt-Johnstown win its third straight game and eighth in its last nine to improve to 12-8 overall and 10-6 in conference-play.

The Lady Cats had a 33-26 advantage at the half, but Kelly Goode scored seven of her

16 points to open the second half, helping the Lady Cats build their lead. Sheena Aden added

13 points, six rebounds and five assists for UPJ.

UPJ shot 46.2 percent (30 of 65) from the field while holding Wheeling Jesuit to just 29.9 percent (20 of 67) shooting. The Lady Cats, who held a 50-39 advantage in rebounding, were 7 of 17 from behind the 3-point line and

15 of 22 from the free-throw line.

The Cardinals hit 13 of 16 from the charity stripe.



Wheeling Jesuit downs UPJ men

Wheeling Jesuit built a 20-point first-half advantage Monday en route to a 93-78 victory at the UPJ Sports Center, handing the Mountain Cats their first home loss of the season.

UPJ has lost three of its past four games, slipping to 13-7 overall and 10-6 in the WVIAC.

Jordan Miller’s 18 points led five Mountain Cats in double figures.

Miller connected on his third

3-pointer of the first half as time expired to cut the Mountain Cats deficit to 52-35, and UPJ opened the second half with a 17-5 run to make it 57-52 on Patrick Grubbs’ basket at 12:59. But, Brad DuPont’s basket 2 minutes later got Wheeling Jesuit’s lead back to 11 at 68-57.

 Nick Novak’s basket at 8:37 got the Mountain Cats to within  seven at 70-63, but a Wheeling Jesuit basket increased the Cardinals’ lead to 81-68 with 5:08 to play. The Cats never got closer than nine the rest of the way.

Miller, of Vinco, had a team-high seven assists. Grubbs and Danny Branch each scored 16 points, while Grubbs pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds.

Bill Luther collected 14 points and five rebounds, and Novak rounded out the double-figure scorers with 12 points, three rebounds and four assists.